I believe that adding online courses to your school can be a financially positive move. In fact, I will show how it is at least a $20,000 opportunity.
Online courses can help your school:
- Grow new revenue streams
- Retain current students
- Recruit new students
- Expand course selection with fewer resources
- Meet the demand for personalized education
However, before we go further, your school’s mission should drive decisions including this one about online courses. As a former Principal, I know that many good ideas were presented to me. If I did not evaluate them in light of the mission, my school would have quickly gotten off the course God intended for us. As the video below notes, online courses can help with the mission of most Protestant or Catholic schools. Bringing rigor with additional foreign languages, AP courses, dual credit choices from faith based colleges….. helps accomplish a common phrase in mission statements—“Excellence in Education.”
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